They're a chance for everybody across the globe to witness the pinnacle of athletic achievement and for athletes to write their names in the history books. As we, the mundane, have watched Tokyo with awe through our TV screens at home or sneaked a peek on our phones during coffee breaks at work, one might ask: Does it pay to be faster, higher, stronger? While the International Olympic Committee doesn't award prize money to athletes for earning a medal in their events, many countries offer financial incentives for athletes to walk out of the Olympics sporting bronze, silver or gold, including Canada.
That means every player on Canada's women's soccer team will be taking home a nice chunk of change. If you're wondering about Olympians who are also professional athletes earning millions of dollars each year, such as the Canadian men's hockey team, they, too, are eligible for the same reward, but it's common practice for players to pledge their winnings to charity. Let's start with our neighbours to the south.
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All Summer Olympic medals feature the same Greek goddess: Nike, the goddess of victory. Watch to learn why this figure of ancient Greek mythology became a fixture in the Olympic Summer Games. The U. The first large-scale meeting of male gymnasts was the Olympics. But women wouldn't compete until decades later, in Georgia Cervin, a former international gymnast told CNN that when gymnastics was introduced to the Olympics, men's routines were expected to highlight strength while women's routines emphasized grace and femininity.
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